The completely absurd Far Cry 3 spin-off will receive the freshly minted R18+ rating in Australia due to a "high-impact sex scene."

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is the completely absurd 80's-action-movie-inspired stand-alone spin-off for Far Cry 3. We've covered quiteafew stories regarding this amazing neon-soaked extravaganza, but that's only because each piece of news we hear about it only seems to solidify its awesomeness. The game comes out tomorrow, but Ubisoft's PR team is giving us one final trailer, revealing that the game will receive an R18+ rating in Australia for a "high-impact sex scene." Fantastic.

While the other promotional trailers for the game focused more on parodying 80's pop culture than showing us the actual game, this one is almost all gameplay, showing us some of the highlights we can expect to see as Sergeant Rex "Power" Colt. "There's only one force powerful enough to stop an army of rampaging killer cyborgs, mutated scientists, metal sharks and vicious Blood Dragons that shoot lasers from their eyes -- that force is you."

Rex is part man, part machine, all American, and he will be portrayed by all American science fiction favorite Michael Behin (The Terminator, Aliens). "He's got the science, he's got the firepower and he's got the robo balls," spouts the other-enthusiastic voice over. The trailer showcases Rex blowing things up and spouting one-liners. "I'm not a hero," he says, "Policemen. Firemen. Janitors. Those are the real heroes."

The game will be released for digital platforms (Steam, Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network) tomorrow. Pre-orders of the Steam edition will net you a digital copy of the game's soundtrack, but those of you willing to wait until May 3rd can pick up a retail edition with a physical soundtrack and a free poster. The retail edition is exclusive to PC.

I've lived through the era of 80s action films. Movies like Commando, Rambo, and Running Man playing on the VCR and Betamax machines were my bread and butter. Farcry 3: Blood Dragon looks like one of those long-lost films. Over the top action, cheesy dialog, and more testosterone than a meeting of the Steroid Abusers Club. Hope it lives up to the hype.

I've been playing it for a bit now (pretty sure the NDA is up, but if not oh well) and I have to say this may be my game of the year. I absolutely adore this game. I think they could have done a bit more with it, but for the price I can't complain about the level of content. Perhaps Ubi will release a mod tool and allow us to add content.

It is! If you watch the rating quote at the start of this video you'll see it pop up

setting eyebrows to "waggle"

is this game trying too hard? only time will tell.

Or you could just ask TotalBiscuit

I have to ask how he missed the honey badger reference. Literally seconds after he sees them talking about honey badgers he misses an opportunity to make a honey badger doesn't give a s*** reference. His feeling seem to sum mine up pretty well on the game. I support this review 100%.

SacremPyrobolum:Please tell me that "high-impact sex scene" is actually a term that the Aussies use for rating!

It is, actually. The original Far Cry 3 has the MA15+ rating for "Strong violence, drug use, sex scenes, sexual references and coarse language". The fact that only the "High-impact sex scene" is reflected in the rating suggests that it may very well be even more daring than the original Far Cry 3 was on that front. Without that R18+ rating then it would not be available AT ALL over here!

You watched awesomeness, and yes, yes it is okay you want to play Blood Dragon. Why? Because it's an awesome game with perhaps one of the most fistpumpingly awesome final levels ever. You will laugh, cry tears of joy, and shout "YEAH" at your screen as you play the final level.